Boxwood Workshop planned for March 5th

Care and Restoration of 

Boxwood and other Shrubs

Sat. March 19, 2016        9:00 – 2:00

donation: $25.00 including a boxed lunch

t    benefit the restoration and improvement of the Burt Stark Grounds

9:00 - 11:00 – Abbeville Civic Center classroom

11:00 – 12:00 – lunch

12:00 – 2: 00 –hands-on at the Burt Stark House gardens

Topics to be discussed:

·        identifying the types of boxwood

·        problems with boxwood shrubs

·        how and when to prune and shape boxwood

·        proper care of tools when pruning boxwood

·        how to rejuvenate an old or damaged boxwood

·        care and fertilizing boxwood shrubs

·         how to propagate more boxwood from your cuttings

Instructor:

James Hodges, Clemson Extension Agent Greenwood Co.

Contact information

Send all information with check made to Burt Stark House by March 11 to 

BSH Boxwood Workshop

c/oDavid Whitmire 106 Greenville Street, Abbeville, SC 29620

For questions you can email us at burtstarkhousegardens@gmail.com

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Sponsored by the Abbeville Historic Preservation Commission